Corner-post fastening.



L. SUSSMAN.

CORNER OST FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1912.

Patented June 25, 192.

LQAQQM l IIIIIHIIIIIII nNrrEn sears rarNr vrien LEON sUssMAN, E BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, AssieNoR 1ro EANNIE WOLF, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORNER-' POST FASTENING.

detachably securing the side rails to the posts at the head and foot.

My improved construct-ion of the type in which the parts are wedged together by the engagement of a' hook 'on one member and a pin or projection on the other and the special fcatureiof .my construction is the complete elimination of castings and the forming of the coacting parts from metal plates cut and bent to the desired form.

One important feature is thel forming of the two hooks from the same piece of metal which also forms a part of the means for securing the device to the post per se and another in'iportant feature is the-supporting of these hooks in a tube orv sleeve abutting'` against the post.

Other import-ant features will be pointed out more particularly hereinafter and the novel features will be defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this sueciication and in which similar reference characte-rs indicate corresponding parts in the several views. f. l

Figure l is a side elevation offa device constructeddn accordance with my invention, the two sections of tl'ielfastcning being separated. Fig. 2 is a tp plan view ofthe parts shown in Fig. l, the corner post being shown in section. Fig'. 3 is a transverse sec tion of the line 3 3 of Fig. Q and; Fig.' 4 is an end view of the side rail section.

My improved device in common with others heretofore user! 1s formed of two detachably coi'inectcd sections one ofjwhieh is secured 4to the corner post and. the other of which is secured to the side rail, and the section which is secured to the side rail carries a horizontally extending pin, projection o1 Speccation of Letters Patent. l

Application filed March 15, 1912.

Patentedelune 25, 1912.

semi No. 684,064.

pin or retainer and the necessary screws orv rivets, all of the partsvare formed lfrom metal plates ont or stamped to theadesired shape and bent to the desired form. The section which is connected to the post includes a horizontally disposed sleeve 10 havf ing one end abutting against the post 11 and the other end 'abutting against-the other section. The post may be of any desired forni or shape and the end of the sleeve 10 is cut`r to conform to this post. As shown, the post is in the form of la hollow cylindrical tube and the end of the sleeve 10 is concave to fit against the post. The sleeveis preferably` formed from a metal plate, the free edges of which meet in a line along the underside of the sleeve. Preferably, one edge is prvided'` with a dovetail projection 12 'entering a,

dove-tailed recess in the other edge as is 1ndicated in dottedlines inFig; 2. 'The sleeve is substantially rectangular in cross section and presents opposite parallel sides and a top'and bottom wall.

Disposed within the sleeve is a memberv including two plate portions adjacent to the opposite side walls ofthe sleeve and terminating 1n hooks 1.3 projecting beyond the outer or open end of the sleeve. For retaining this member in position and for keeping the plate portions spaced apart, each of the two plate portions is provided with upl wardly and downwardly extending flanges or projections lllentering slots or recesses in the top and bottom walls of the sleeve. The two plates at their ends toward the post converge slightly and are cut away at their npper and lower edges and meet in a curved loop l5 adapted to extend through a slot in the wall of the post. After the loop has been extended into this slot and the end of the sleeve brought into ,proper position .against the outer surface of the post, a

wedge 1.6 is driven into the loop as indicated 1n Figs. l and 2 so as to draw the loop 1n to the maximum: extent and positively lock the sleeve and hooks rigid with the post.. lt will thus be seen that this section is formed of 'but two pieces of metal in addition to the wedge and that no rivets, bolts, solder or other fastening means are employed.

The side rail 17 is formed of an angle iron as is common'y in bedstead ,construction and/ this angle irony has secured thereto means for detachably .connecting the yside plate bent to forni a top 'wall-18 adapted .to

lie in engagement with` the top of the angle iron and in alinement with the top wall of the sleeve 10 and two side walls 1.9 adapted to lie in alinement'with the -two side walls of the sleeve. -The top wall -18 is secured. to the top flange of vthe angle iron in any suit-- able manner as for instance by a rivet 2O and the section Iis additionally secured by a lange'QQ bent under the top flange of the angle iron and va flange 23 bent to engage with the inner surface of the vert-ical flange of the angle iron adjacent to its lower edge. The ytop flange of the angle iron' preferably extends to the end of the top wall 18 butl the side flange of the angle iron is` preferably eut away as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1.

,Between the two side walls 19, I mount a bar or roller Q4 the ends of which may be riveted at the outer surfaces of the two side walls. This bar is'so placed that it` may be received within the two hooks in the end .of vthe sleeve and will wedge upon the proper downward movement. Vhcn in its. linal position, the two sections should be\\in\ proper alinement. At the same time, the twose'etions will be rigid by reason 'of the wedge action. :This wedge action ma'y be 'produced either by an inclination of the inner-'surface of the hooks or by an inclina` tion of the abut ling ends of the two sections.

Anysuitab'le means may` be employed `for connectingT one sleeve l0 `to the other sleeve. at the same end of the bed. I have illustrated abracltet 2G to which they connecting vangle iron onot-,her means may be bolted or riveted. ll'l'thsaid bracket being held in pl'ace by a reduced port-ion'oiystud 27 riveted at its end and carrying 'a sleeve 21 serving as a spacer lor the hook plates. l

Various changes may'be made in the details et' construction ot my improved device with-out departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Iatent is: e

1. The combination with a corner post, vandy a side` rail-of a sleeve abutting against said postand a member Vwithin said sleevesaid member having a. loop projecting from one end of said sleeve into said post and two hooks extending outwardly beyond the other end of said sleeve and means on 'said side rail forengagement with said hooks,

2.'Tl1e combination with a corner post, and a side rail, of a. sleeve open at opposite ends and abnttingagainst said post, a loop secured within saidpost'and having its ends extending into one end of said sleeve ahook disposed beyond the opposite end of said sleeve and supported within the latter `and means carried by said side rail for detachable engagement withsaidhooks.

3. The combination with a corner post,

and a side rail, of' a sleeve abutting against said post,` two plates within said'sleeve in engagement with the opposite side walls thereof, means fory spacing said plates apart and preventing relative longitudinal vmovement of said plate and. said sleeve,'means for connecting said plates to said postand means :tor detachably connecting said plate to said side rail. 4. The combination with a corner post having an opening in the wall thereof, anda side rail, of a sleeve abutting against said post, two plates within said sleeve and se- Icured'to opposite sides thereof, said plates terminating in a loop integral therewith and projecting throughis'aid opening andbalso terminating in hooks disposed beyondv the opposite. `end of4 said sleeve a member rigidly secured to said side rail and 'in- .c'luding plate portions i'n alinement withthe sides and top of said sleeve, and a'ptr'ans# versely extending bar mounted between the side walls of said last-mentioned member.

5. The combination with a corner post, and a side rail, of a sleeve abutting vagainst said post and :formed of a metal plate'bent 'to tubular form, dove-tailed connections between the abutting edges of said plate, two

plates within said sleeve and in engagement with the opposite sides thereof and' each having a projection in the edge thereof entering a .corresponding recess in saidjsleeve, said last-mentioned plates extending beyond said vsleeve at each end and :connected to said post at one end and detachably con- LEON SUSSMAN.

Witnesses Monats Mnvnns, C. IV. FAIRBANK.- 

